Category: Composition Teaching Tools
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Writer’s Block for Composers — A Possible Way to Handle It
Buckle up people, this is a tough one. Disclaimer: I am not trained in any form of psychoanalysis, coaching, guiding or mentoring. This is my process, what I have learned by working with such professionals over the years. I am sharing my own process and experience. This has worked for me. The following passage was…
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How Parkour helped me overcome my Creative Block
What does writing music and feeling (notice how I said “feeling” and not “having”) blocked creatively have to do with parkour??? Well…!
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Variations and Recombinations – Part 4
Improvisation, composition and performance are all part of this post’s music activities for preschoolers Variations and recombinations part 4! #MusicMatters #EYFSMusic
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Variations and Recombinations – Part 3
This is the 2nd of a series of 4 posts, each looking into playing with themes and variations and recombinations with different age groups. This one is for toddlers 16-26 months #MusicEducationMatters #EYFSMusic
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Variations and Recombinations – Part 2
This is the 2nd of a series of 4 posts, each looking into playing with themes and variations and recombinations with different age groups. This one is for toddlers 16-26 months #MusicEducationMatters #EYFSMusic
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Variations and Recombinations – Part 1
Ways to play with themes and variations for different age groups, from babies to preschoolers
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Vehicles / Woodland Sounds
Outdoors or indoors music session about sounds in the city or the woodlands 8-20 month olds
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Pied Piper
A form of “Pied the Piper” session, where through musical activities the children will follow your lead. It is a theatrical session…
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Timbre and Pulse
Lesson plan to be held in a nursery school setting aimed for babies between 8 – 20 months. This focuses around timbre and pulse. Modification tips during Covid-19 time
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Lesson Plan | Nature / Animals
When in doubt,” a mentor of mine once told me, “talk about animals, sing about animals, just use animals, or food, or nature. I don’t know why but children love them!” So, here is a lesson plan that can be focused around ainmals or nature